Announcing Our 2013 Mushroom Forays!

Posted on February 24, 2013 by graham

White King Bolete ButtonsEveryone here at Mycotours hopes that you are all having a great year so far. 2013 has been an exciting year for us, and we are pleased to announce our dates that are scheduled for this year’s mushroom season. As always, if you cannot make the scheduled forays, or would like something a bit more private, send us an email with your contact information so we can plan a date for you. All scheduled forays include a cooking demonstration and snacks at the end of the hunt. We meet at 8 am and will be out in the forest for approximately 4 hours (weather permitting). Price is $30 per person per hunt, unless otherwise noted. Unfortunately due to lack of time this year, we will not be scheduling Texas Morel forays. We apologize to all who voiced interest in these hunts during the winter.

2011-05-1 mushrooms 089Mid-west Morel Forays with Tom the Mushroom King

Join James and Graham from Mycotours and Tom the Mushroom King from MorelHunters.com on a tour of some prime Blonde Morel hunting grounds in the Mid-west (Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas). The past 2 years have been super successful and have brought many beautiful morel mushrooms home for our hunters. If you would like read a report of last year’s hunt, click here. To RSVP for the hunt, visit our booking page here. Price is $50 per person for the weekend. We will be arriving on Friday and hunting for the weekend. Please contact us for more details on lodging if you are coming from out of the area.

Dates available for booking: April 13th, 14th, 27th, 28th.

**IMPORTANT UPDATE: April 13th and 14th we will be in central Oklahoma. Please contact Graham at graham@mycotours.com for more details.

 

2011-05-1 mushrooms 032Colorado Rocky Mountain Morel Forays

James and Graham will be guiding several Blonde and Black Morel forays this spring. Morels in Colorado have always been quite elusive, but with the help of our expert guides, you should have much better luck finding them! Blonde morel forays will be located in one of our secret hunting locations in the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Our Black Morel forays are later in the spring and will be mostly located in the mountains near Denver or Boulder. To reserve a spot on these forays, please visit our booking page here.

Blonde Morel Dates available for booking: May 11th, May 18th, and May 25th

Black Morel Dates available for booking: June 1st & June 8th

 

Boletus edulis- King BoleteColorado Rocky Mountain Porcini Forays

The Colorado Rocky Mountains is world renowned for it’s abundance of this choice edible mushroom. Here, forests produce not only Boletus edulis (The King, Porcini, Cep) but also the extremely rare White Porcini (Boletus barrowsii) that is known by some mycologists to be one of the most delicious mushrooms around. The season for Porcini in the Rocky Mountains varies year by year, but is usually sometime between June thru late August. We have scheduled some forays during the most prime time of year for these prized edibles. All Porcini forays will be located somewhere in the mountains near Denver, Colorado Springs, or Boulder. To RSVP, please visit our booking page here.

White King Boletus Dates available for booking: June 29th, July 6th & 13th

King Porcini Dates available for booking: July 27th & 31st, August 3rd & 7th

 

Chanterelles!Colorado’s Late Summer Mushrooms

Chanterelles and Matsutake are known the world over as some of the best edible mushrooms. Colorado is lucky enough to have abundant habitat that is perfect for these particular mushrooms, and during the late summer, you will find many people looking in the forest for these elusive mushrooms. But beyond the most well known mushrooms, Colorado has many different types of edible mushrooms that fruit during the late summer months. Mycotours provides expert guides to help you find them and take you to some of the most beautiful locations anywhere in the Rocky Mountains. To reserve a spot on this tour, visit our booking site here.

Dates available for booking: August 10th, 17th, & 24th

 

truffleThe White Truffle Festival in Alba, Italy

If you would like to attend the White Truffle Festival in Alba, Italy and join us in a beautiful bed and breakfast in Piedmont in mid-October, please email us at graham@mycotours.com for more information. Pricing on this event will be announced soon, and will not include travel costs. Cost of the foray will include lodging, some meals, and expert guides.

On behalf of all of us here at Mycotours, we would like to thank you for your interest in our private mushroom hunts. We are also especially grateful to all of you who came on our tours in 2012 and made them such a huge success! Here’s to another great year!! Happy Hunting!

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2012 Mid-West Morel Forays a Great Success!

Posted on April 14, 2012 by graham

We just got back from our mid-west morel excursion. Our trip couldn’t have been more perfectly timed this year, as we arrived during the height of their Blonde Morel season. Strangely, we usually have our mid-west hunt more toward the end of April, but as the spring has been quite early this year, the morels fruited about 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Luckily for all who came with us, Mycotours did a wonderful job planning this year’s foray. We have many wonderful memories to take home with us, as well as many delicious mushrooms! Our best find this year was a single tree that had over 130 morels underneath it! Talk about a beautiful sight! Stay posted for some video footage of this year’s trip, as well as more photos!

Colorado’s season is just ahead of us, and Mycotours is gearing up for a great mushroom season here in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. As always, if you are interested in booking a tour with us for the 2012 or 2013 season, please contact us with the size of your group and when you would like to schedule a trip.

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Morel Forays in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska: April 3rd-10th, 2012

Posted on March 20, 2012 by graham

Reports of blonde morels have been coming in the past few weeks now, and Mycotours is preparing for our 2012 expedition to the Midwest to locate these incredible, edible mushrooms. Our official dates are April 3rd-10th, 2012. We will begin our search in Central Missouri, and work our way to Eastern Kansas, and Southern Nebraska. We already have a small group that will be attending the foray, however, we still have room for a few more if anyone is interested. Reservations are done on a first come, first serve basis. This event will be an exclusive look into the world of mushroom hunting in beautiful terrain with expert guides. Accommodations are not included in our event. Camping will be available to all who wish, however, we know of some accommodations where group rates are available. Also, transportation to and from the event is not provided by Mycotours. Cost is $50 per person per day. We also have group rates available. If you are interested in attending, please contact graham@mycotours.com and leave some contact information, an idea of how many are in your group, and the days you plan on attending.

 

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Welcome

Posted on June 18, 2011 by graham

We are an organization based out of Denver, Colorado and Seattle, Washington, focused around private mushroom forays in the beautiful Rocky Mountains as well as the Cascade Mountain Range of the Pacific Northwest. These areas are well known for choice edible mushroom hunting. In fact, Paul Stamets, a popular author of all things fungi, just named Colorado number two in the country for mushroom hunting, second only to the Pacific Northwest. Whether it’s Chanterelles or Candy Caps, Boletus or Blewits, Lactarius or Lobster, Morels or Matsutake, our mountains produce many delicious mushrooms all season long. With such a diverse choice of gourmet edible mushrooms, you really can’t go wrong.

We are now taking reservations for the 2013 season, and dates are filling up rapidly. Many resorts have already taken advantage of reserving us for their private excursions. If you are interested in your own private mushroom foray or would like more information, just navigate the buttons above and reserve your trip today! We also offer seminars all about fungi from November thru December.

We were fortunate enough to be featured by Shivani Vora in the New York Times on September 11th, 2011 in the travel section. To see the article, click here. For more information about us visit our other website amateurmycology.com!

 

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